오년

Korean

Etymology 1

    Sino-Korean word from 五年, from (five) + (year).

    Pronunciation

    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?onyeon
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?onyeon
    McCune–Reischauer?onyŏn
    Yale Romanization?onyen

    Noun

    오년 • (onyeon) (hanja 五年)

    1. a five year

    See also

    Korean number-counter combinations for 년(年) (nyeon)
    1 2 3 4 5
    일년(一年) (illyeon) 이년(二年) (inyeon) 삼년(三年) (samnyeon) 사년(四年) (sanyeon) 오년(五年) (onyeon)
    6 7 8 9 10
    육년(六年) (yungnyeon) 칠년(七年) (chillyeon) 팔년(八年) (pallyeon) 구년(九年) (gunyeon) 십년(十年) (simnyeon)
    100 1,000 10,000 How many?
    What year?
    백년(百年) (baengnyeon) 천년(千年) (cheonnyeon) 만년(萬年) (mannyeon) 하년(何年) (hanyeon)

    Etymology 2

      Sino-Korean word from 午年.

      Pronunciation

      • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈo̞(ː)ɲʌ̹n]
      • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
        • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
      Romanizations
      Revised Romanization?onyeon
      Revised Romanization (translit.)?onyeon
      McCune–Reischauer?onyŏn
      Yale Romanization?ōnyen

      Noun

      오년 • (onyeon) (hanja 午年)

      1. year of the horse